Slain Home Depot worker's mom tells Congress, amid worrying retail crime: 'The system failed'
Members of Congress said the story of how Blake Mohs was killed by an alleged thief at Home Depot is an example of the threat from what so-called organized retail crime As much of the nation on Tuesday watched news coverage of former President Donald Trump's historic arraignment at a Miami courthouse, a panel of Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill were being riveted by something else: the testimony of a mother whose 26-year-old son, working as an asset protection officer, was fatally shot in April at a Home Depot in Pleasanton, California. "The system failed my son," an emotional Lorie Mohs told members of the House Judiciary Committee. "We will never have another family photo. We will never hear his laughter or feel his hugs. I will never get to say, 'I love you.'" According to lawmakers the "crushing," "dastardly" and "horrific" story of how Mohs' son, Blake, ended up being killed by an alleged thief is a jarr...